Members of Coventry City Council’s Phoenix Initiative project team will be welcoming Lord Falconer and the ‘Millennium Voyager’ to the city on Wednesday 7 April.

Together with Bryan Richardson, Chair of Coventry City Football Club, Lord Falconer will be ‘opening’ the Voyager – a spectacular mobile exhibition showcasing the numerous projects funded by the Millennium Commission across the country. The launch will also be attended by Cllr John Fletcher, and Phoenix Initiative Project Director, Chris Beck.

Cannon Park Shopping centre is kindly playing host to the huge, touring exhibition, which features interactive and multimedia displays to demonstrate the various projects and awards made possible in Britain through National Lottery funding. Information will also be available on how people can apply for remaining funds from the Millennium Commission. The exhibition, which is free to the public, will remain at Cannon Park for the rest of the week.

The Rt Hon. Chris Smith MP, chairman of the Millennium Commission, said

"The Millennium Voyager is a great opportunity for people in Coventry to learn more about how the West Midlands and the country as a whole is benefiting from this ambitious national programme to mark the end of this millennium and celebrate the beginning of the next."

Chris Beck, Phoenix Initiative Project Director said,

"The exhibition and multimedia displays in the Voyager show what an astonishing variety of projects the Millennium Commission are undertaking. I’m sure people will be as curious as I am to see what’s happening in other cities, and see how they compare to our own Phoenix Initiative."